Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-08-07

EDIToR Posr-IxrELhIsEscKR:
In Mr.. Ezra MesksF's ~FamiiiaE
Talks No. 70" p0biished 10 she PosT-
/ lNTEL.I1aKECKB Of Jnly IA, 1887, be uses
some 6tFong language highly dspEecia-
tive Of cur hr lands. refer 20 the hrst
cart Of bis (otherwisel excellent article.
Hs says: There are thousands snd
thousands % acres Ia Washington Ter
ritory that will not RAISE fEuit, or any
thing else for that matter"
Unless the gentleman refers 20 The
top Of hs Cascade or Olympic Mount
sins, beg leave 70 differ With him 10
this matter. I shall not predict What
sau OF cannot hs raised on these poor
DC lands, bat take pride In telline rbe
public vhat has been done 10 she pass.
took a hon estead Of I60 acres Of as
pocf Iand as can be found On Balm
bridge Island, in Kitssp County, cleared
aRay the timber and brush, set out 81
orchard Of apple, pear, Cherry, plum
and pEane trees, and . variety Of small
fruits, al Of Nhieh have grown splen
didly and produced abandantly. have
also raised Q great variety Of garden
sass" and . multitude Of beautiful
flowers.
To Say We have used no feTtilissr,
could not be q fact. We used Q Httle
manure found 81 the old loRginR camps
and uonss star hsh to neuiFalizs the
Wild nature Of the coil. Mere recently
vs use the dEoppinRs Of cur cattle and
chickens.
Nov for some OF ths results: We
have raised potatoes weighing from one
70 threa pounds each, and Of q quality
far surprising any that can be grown
on black peaty or swamp land; cabbage
weighing tNenty-thFse pounds per
head; sweet (uos BWeede) tnFnips, each
Weighing sixteen pounds; hundreds Of
strawberries measuring nve 70 seven
| inches 10 circumstances; pears, (Olappa
favorite) that measured eleven and q
half inches roundI Royal Anne cher.
Eies that were three and thFee-eighthl
| inches round, 20 cay nothing Of our
immense peaches, Bradshaw plums and
splendid apples.
For pgoof Of some Of the above state
ments, refer 70 the records Of The
KING Ooanty Fair Of 1873. where wife
aud took some Eix OF eight premiums
moealg on VERSAILLES. The oficers Of
said inssitutine thereafter shut out al
except King Oonuty; or IN other words
"FoF King County only" They WoFl
afraid Of the few pooF pioneers Of Kit
laap. Afksa thiM, aha thina pniIsA Ia Ia
head like . clam, and died for want o.
breath.
Btlll further. I have Ave aorss In rex
clover and orchard grass mixed, thai
this year turned on about twenty toni
Of excellent hay. The clover and Rraa.
stood mostly ave feet high and said
ground has had no manure applied, savl
what fell upon 10 from strayina cattle
Now l DO not ask Mr.. MeekeF or any one
else 10 simply take my word for ell this
bat respectfully refer them 10 Q few OF
the old settlers. who came In here about
the same time that We did. Instance
the following James Ryan, Henry
Cloud, John O. Hornbeck, A. II. Grow,
and Numerous others Of more recent
date. eli 81 Whom have good comfort
able homes and are doing well.
II ME .Meeker will come and see for
hinself, Ws will treat him 10 some a
good milk and butter a. be can hnd
elsewhere In the United States OF
America. and We have neither q cream
cry" OF Seilo," and our butter 10 only
coiorod With red clover. I hereby re-
affirm the words Of the Rentlemen from
Tacoma and elsewhere, 80 far as my
experiences Of nine years duration shows.
Respectfully, X. N. HcsKusoS.
Pom BLAKEtS, W. T., Aug. 3, 1881.
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